Paris Atrás das Cenas Macaron Baking Class

My daughter and I were the only attendees in the class so we enjoyed a private experience. We met in a working boulangerie and learned how to make macarons in their pastry kitchen. This made the experience even better! Jess is very knowledgable, friendly and answered all of our questions. We got to take home the macarons we made! Parfait!

Lots of fun for me and my family! Macarons came out amazing!

It was a very fun and informative class. jess did a great job explaining and demonstrating. And we Took home yummy macarons! IT was great!

Patient teacher and fun for the family!

For general expectation vote: A good experience intended for parents and children more than it is a course. The ingredients were balanced. All set out. And the critical (for us also interesting parts of the process) was the director himself - without involving us others. The instructor was sweet and outward. Everything was done in English.

We paid over $600 for our family of 5 (2 adults, 3 teens) to make macarons. When we arrived, our instructor was very nice and did a great job explaining the process, but only 2 work stations were set up for our group despite the experience description saying we had to sign up (and pay) per person, parents could not just come and watch. I asked about this but was told we were going to be working as teams. This meant 5 of us took turns stirring 2 bowls, piping etc, which was not what we were expecting for that price tag- we were all looking forward to making our own batch. We are not a big chocolate family and were a bit bummed to find out chocolate was the only ‘filling’ available. This was nowhere in the description- we would have booked elsewhere if it did. Our instructor explained that this was because of prep time, but we took another macaron class years ago (where everyone had their own individual) workstation and we were able to choose from a variety of fruit flavors in addition to the chocolate option, without the class being much longer. The ‘base of the filling’ was also prepped by the instructor, similar to here, except we finished it up ourselves instead of the instructor just handing us a bowl. I emailed the instructor afterwards to share our thoughts before posting the review, but did not hear back. All in all we enjoyed the experience as a family, but for the amount we paid you should have a workstation set up for each individual, especially since you insist on each individual paying over $120.

We had a wonderful experience. The class was fun and light. We loved the macarons and will look forward to enjoying them tonight.

My husband and I were looking for an experience different than the usual tourist attractions. Our guide was extremely knowledgeable, patient, and explained each step of the process clearly. There was no doubt we would be successful making macarons for the first time with her support.

We booked this class for our travel group with ages 15-94. Jess was amazingly patient and skilled at keeping us on task to make delicious macaroons. It’s a small group and we got to meet other travelers that were in our group. We got to make three colors or macaroons and three different fillings. Book this activity and enjoy your macroons !!!

Excellent way to discover macaroons! Jess was full of info and just amazing